Goodreads Update

Nobody is doing Young Adult Fiction better than Jeff Zentner right now. Older teens will appreciate how he captures conflicting emotions and tumultuous relationships while keeping a great sense of humor.

It took me FOREVER to finish this. I almost abandoned it, but picked it up over Spring Break. It's difficult to read because this is a childhood that we'd rather not know about.
The second half of the book is most fascinating to me as h...